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Blog: Less is Mour

Inter have been lacklustre in the transfer market, but James Horncastle thinks Jose Mourinho will add more to Inter than Ronaldinho will to Milan.



[quote]Inter returned to Pinetina last week and began training for the coming season under new boss Jose Mourinho. Journalists and supporters alike were given a glimpse of the new Nerazzurri. The atmosphere was jovial. Mourinho slouched next to President Massimo Moratti in the dugout. Moratti joked about being late for training. Mourinho laughed. Meanwhile, Adriano played keepy uppy with a pinecone.

One could be forgiven for thinking Inter were resting on their laurels. Their transfer campaign pales in comparison with those waged by Juventus, Fiorentina and Milan. One swallow, namely Amantino Mancini, doesn’t make much of a summer. But do Inter really need to involve themselves in an arms race? The simple answer is no. They, lest we forget, are Italian football’s Jones’. Everybody is trying to keep up with them.

So, while Frank Lampard and Ricardo Quaresma would be nice, Inter’s answer to Ronaldinho is a certain Mr Mourinho. You see one of the great paradoxes in Inter’s recent history has been the perceived ineptitude of Mourinho’s predecessor Roberto Mancini, the man who ended the Nerazzurri’s 17-year title drought and winner of three consecutive Scudetti. The second most successful man to sit on Inter’s bench was always seen as second best.

A tactical dilettante, whose naivety was sometimes hidden by the sheer array of get-out-of-jail talent at his disposal, Mancini lost many a psychological battle with Luciano Spalletti and appeared unable to line-up his charges in anything other than variations of 4-4-2. Mourinho, by contrast, has unveiled the system he intends to deploy as if it were one of Inter’s new summer signings. “4-3-3 is the formation I like most. It’s not a 4-5-1 or a 4-2-3-1. It’s a pure 4-3-3. The challenge consists of defending ourselves with three midfielders and freeing our strikers to attack.â€

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I thought Jorge Mendes was in Italy to discuss about Quaresma but looks like we were talking about Muntari.We have been linked with a 16m bid for him.Why the deuce do we need him?
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Inter: 16mln per Muntari

21 Luglio 2008

E’ Muntari, ghanese ex Udinese, il nuovo obiettivo di mercato dell’Inter. Mendes, agente Fifa e procuratore di Mourinho e Quaresma, è nella sede nerazzurra per trattare il trasferimento del centrocampista dal Portsmouth. Costo dell’operazione: 16 milioni.

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Inter Close On Quaresma Deal
FC Porto winger is reportedly on the brink of completing a move to Inter Milan.

The Portugal international has been tipped to join Inter Milan since José Mourinho was appointed as manager at Giuseppe Meazza earlier this summer.

Inter Milan had initially ruled themselves out of signing the player after learning FC Porto's asking price, but are now once again on the hunt for Quaresma and very close to having their latest offer accepted, according to news daily A BOLA.

Talks between the two clubs are believed to be at an advanced stage and Quaresma's representative, Jorge Mendes, has already flown to Milan to proceed with negotiations.

The former Barcelona man returned to Portugal on Monday after his Porto's pre-season tour of Germany and has been allowed by the club to take care of personal matters.

It is believed that Porto have agreed to lower their initial asking price of €40 million, the figure set in Quaresma's release clause.

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about time.

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mine was too..soz, i should have put it in italics or sumtin.

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